Pittsburgh Restaurant Week Kicks Off; Best Coast is in Pittsburgh at Mr. Smalls (Mon., 8/15/16)

1) It’s Pittsburgh Restaurant Week! Why is this important to you? More than 50 Pittsburgh restaurants are offering extra special deals through August 21, including multi-course meals or $20.16 specialties. To view participating restaurants and for more information, visit Pittsburghrestaurantweek.com. Let’s get out there and support all our great local restaurants!

2) It won’t take listeners long to figure out which coast Best Coast thinks is “best.” Their new album, released May 2015, is called California Nights, and the duo itself is from Los Angeles. Then there’s the group’s sound: the surf-rock shimmy of the guitar, the sunshine vocals—West Coast, all the way. Their music may remind one of another Los Angeles group with female vocals: The Go-Go’s. Appropriate, as Best Coast are opening for The Go-Go’s this summer on the New Wave Pioneers’ Farewell Tour. Best Coast are also playing plenty of headlining shows in between, including one at Mr. Smalls. On recordings, the group consists solely of frontwoman Bethany Cosentino and multi-instrumentalist Bobb Bruno. On stage, they are joined by a full band so that they may recreate the lush sound found on those records. The Stargazer Lillies open. 8 p.m. 400 Lincoln Ave., Millvale. (CM)

3) It’s Global Mondays at Cappy’s Cafe in Shadyside with imported bottled beers for only $3. While there, team up an import with a bowl of their scrumptious chili. 5431 Walnut St.

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